Slate is not questioning Obama, they’re defending Obama. Here’s the last paragraph of the article:
“Either way, not only was Obama’s remark not naive; it reflected a more instinctive understanding of the post-Cold War world than either of his opponents seem to possess.”
With Communists rioting in America, China and Russia (on its way to being the Soviet Union again, if Putin gets his KGB dream) etc...
what makes her think that the Cold War is over?
Cold War I maybe.